ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp says the U.S. Department of Justice has approved Georgia's requirement for new voter registration applicants to provide evidence of U.S. citizenship.

The law requires anyone registering to vote to submit evidence of citizenship with their applications. Acceptable forms include a Georgia driver's license number or identification card number, birth certificate, U.S. passport or naturalization documents.

Critics say the law creates an undue burden on the poor, the disabled and minorities. Supporters say it's needed to prevent voter fraud.

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Would someone mind explaining to me just how requiring proof of citizenship creates an undue burden on the poor, the disabled and minorities? Don't poor, disabled and minority people drive? Drink? buy cigarettes? or have to prove identity to apply for government assistance, disability checks, etc. I don't hear any uprising against having to provide identification for any of these purposes?

If this hadn't been such a waste of my time, it would have been funny but, I spent 4 hours trying to prove to the geniuses at the GA DMV that my U.S. Certificate of Citizenship issued by the Office of Homeland Security, was a legitimate government piece of paper.

"Well, ma'am, if you don't have a green card or a U.S. issued birth certificate then we cannot issue you a driver's license."

"I already have a driver's license, and again, I do not have a green card anymore because Homeland Security takes those back and exchanges them for Certificates of U.S. Citizenship when you become a citizen!"

The point here is that the United States does not have one general, multi-use national I.D. card. Example: ALL driver licenses look the same & all Social Security cards look the same, whether you are a U.S. citizen or just a legal immigrant with a green card.

The other point is that government workers that work in other depts. that are not Homeland Security, are not familiar with what these visas & other types of paperwork & citizenship papers look like (I am a walking example of this. I waited 4 hours for the DMV people in Savannah to fax & refax my U.S. Citizenship Certificate to Atlanta and for what? When they finally gave me my new GA Driver's License it looked EXACTLY like my old one! --- So how can any of us feel secure in using those as proof of citizenship?

To simplify this we should do as most other countries do: issue one national I.D. to all U.S. Citizens. End of story. And no more whining from either side.